LEAP

1st Annual Board Meeting

leap — Sun, 14 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0000

1st Annual Board Meeting

Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada)

July 14-15. 2002

End Prohibition Now!

Jack Cole — Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:00:00 +0000

August 16, 2002 and August 23, 2002

Long Island Alternative Media Cablevision, Channel 71

The talk on “Drug Policy Reform” by Jack Cole, executive director of LEAP, given on June 8th at the ReconsiDer: Forum on Drug Policies 2002 Annual Meeting has been scheduled for two showings on Long Island Alternative Media, a one hour cable access program devoted to serious issues. The full lecture is included, followed by a number of the questions and answers that “round out” a 58:30 program. The program will air on channel 71 of Cablevision’s Woodbury cable system, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, on Friday, August 16, 2002 and be repeated on Friday, August 23, 2002.

Cablevision’s Woodbury system is one of the largest in the US, with some 660,000 subscribers. The area covered includes most of Nassau County and the Towns of Huntington and Babylon in Suffolk County.

Syracuse University

Peter Christ — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:30:00 +0000

LEAP Director Peter Christ will be speaking at the School of Social Work, Child & Family Policy, at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.

Drug Policy Alliance Conference

Jack Cole — Thu, 26 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0000

LEAP Executive Director Jack Cole and Dan Solano will be attending the Drug Policy Alliance Conference “Breaking the Chains: People of Color and the War on Drugs,” in Los Angeles, California, USA

Friday Night Radio

Jack Cole — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:30:00 +0000

LEAP Executive Director Jack Cole will be interviewed on WMBR 88.1 FM, Friday Night Radio, by the host Chuck Rosina.

International exchange

Jack Cole — Thu, 10 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0000

LEAP Executive Director Jack Cole will be meeting with law enforcement personnel, health workers, and legislators in several countries that have already modified their drug laws for the better and others that are in that process of changing their policies now: Belgium, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland.

Journey for Justice

Leap Event — Sat, 12 Oct 2002 13:00:00 +0000

LEAP Director Dan Solano will be speaking along with Kevin Zeese, of Common Sense for Drug Policy at the conference, “Journey for Justice: End Drug War Injustice,” presented by the November Coalition and the Drug Policy Forum of Michigan at the University of Detroit, Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Out from the Shadows 1

Jack Cole — Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0000

LEAP Executive Director Jack Cole will be speaking at the “First World Convention of Antiprohibitionist Legislators,” hosted by Parliamentarians for Antiprohibition Action (PAA) at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. All Members of Parliament and Ambassadors to Brussels have been invited. Interpretation will be provided in English, French and Italian. The meeting is held under the banner of “Out from the Shadows: Ending Drug Prohibition in the 21st Century,” the international conference series initiated by DRCNet.

Unitarian Universalist Church

Jack Cole — Fri, 25 Oct 2002 19:00:00 +0000

LEAP Executive Director Jack Cole will be giving an interactive presentation “End Prohibition Now!” at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Woodstock, Vermont, USA.

Camden Rotary Club

Peter Christ — Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:00:00 +0000

Peter Christ will be speaking at the Camden Rotary, weekly meeting, at the Grape and Grog Restaurant, Route 69, Camden, New York, USA.